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Hudibras in tribulation
Title
Hudibras in tribulation [graphic].
Publication
[London?] : [publisher not identified], [late 18th century?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 288 x 333 mm, on sheet 304 x 369 mm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title engraved below image.
After Hogarth.
Lettered below image with verse beginning: "She vow'd she would go see the sight and visit the distressed knight: and 'twas not long before she found him, and his stout squire in the pound ..."
Copy in reverse of no. 509 in theCatalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1.
See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 87.
Summary
"Hudibras and Ralpho are in the stocks, the knight's boots, sword and pistols taking the place of the fiddle; a sympathetic widow, accompanied by her maid, addresses Hudibras while villagers gather round to mock, and a small boy urinates on Ralpho's foot"--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 27, 2013
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1770.
Book illustrations - 1770.
Engravings - England - London - 1770.
Etchings - England - London - 1770.
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